re: The Historical Argument for Keeping AD

I think AD can make decisions for himself. But if all the people in your life, including the most important ones, tell you that you need to get out of something, it is hard not to listen.

But I keep coming back to Rich Paul, AD, and his inner circle being soured on Demps and the Pels ownerships buy in version from December. If Gayle was this focused on the franchise then and Griffin was in place, I don't think the mess would have happened.

I don't believe AD and Rich Paul are these evil geniuses and schemers who do everything at Lebron's whim. I think Rich Paul saw an all time great player being wasted by a franchise that had a terrible foundation and was 3rd priority towards the ownership. AD's inner circle saw this too. They met in September and laid out all the options - one of which being, 'If this shite don't change soon, I will get your son out of there"

Now, the way it was handled wasn't ideal but I get it from their perspective. As I have been telling you guys for years, the franchise was a joke. It isn't any more, so I am good with a clean slate for both sides if he is too